Seminars

A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available.

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Online via TEAMS.  Meeting ID: 340 750 047 072 654. Passcode: fZ27TY9v

Speaker: Hassan Salem, John Innes Centre

Host: Darren Obbard

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic area - Cryptosporidium drug discovery

Date: Thursday 22 October 2026 note date change

Time: 10.30 am

Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 356 937 266 296 437 Passcode: Rd33sZ3P

Speaker: Mattie Pawlowic, University of Dundee

Host: Joanna Young

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - The role of transposable elements in speciation and the modification of genomic architecture

Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Online via TEAMS.  Meeting ID: 340 750 047 072 654. Passcode: fZ27TY9v

Speaker: Valentina Peona, Uppsala University

Host: James Galbraith

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBC

Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026

Time: *3.30 pm*

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Via TEAMS.  Meeting ID: 380 551 117 665 098 Passcode: rC6kU6wh

Speaker: Malgorzata Domagalska, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

Host: Achim Schnaufer

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 2 November 2026

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Online: TBA

Speaker: Victoria Cowling, University of Glasgow

Host: Donal O'Carroll, DRP-HCB/CCBIO

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 4 November 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBA

Speaker: Peter Korsten, Aberystwyth University

Host: Dan Nussey

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic Area - Tropical Disease Biology

Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBA

Speaker: Aitor Casas Sanchez, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Host: Andrew Maclean

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBA

Speaker: Lucy van Dorp, University College London

Host: Katerina Guschanski

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - Building a leaf: what makes a palisade cell?

Date: Monday 16 November 2026

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Chris Whitewoods, John Innes Centre, Norwich

Host: IMPS

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Speaker: Andy Young, University of Exeter

Host: Dan Nussey

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture 2026 - Professor Sir Peter Horby

Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026

Time: 5.30 pm followed by drinks reception from 6.30pm

Location: The Informatics Forum, Crichton Street, Edinburgh

Provisional Lecture Title: Emerging Infections: Research, Collaboration, and Preparedness

Speaker: Professor Sir Peter Horby, Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute and Moh Family Foundation Professor of Emerging Infections and Global Health at the University of Oxford.

Registration: Please register here on Eventbrite to attend.

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 23 November 2026

Time: 4.40 pm

Location: Michael Swann, 7.20, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Mark Ashe, The University of Manchester

Host: ICB

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Speaker: Denis Roze, Roscoff Biological Station

Host: Laura Ross

Institute of Ecology & Evolution seminar series - TBA

Date: Thursday 10 December 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Speaker: Stephen Montgomery, University of Cambridge

Host: Susan Johnston and Simon Martin

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 11 January 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Eugene Kim, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt

Host: Kyle Muir, DRP-HCB/CCBIO

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 25 January 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Chris Barnes, University College of London

Host: IQB3

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 1 February 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Emmanuel Derivery, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Host: Julie Welburn, DRP-HCB/CCBIO

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 8 March 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Clay Wang, USC, USA

Host: IQB3

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 15 March 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Matthew Fisher, Imperial College, London

Host: SBS

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 22 March 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker:  Kathryn Lilly, University of Cambridge

Host: IQB3

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 26 April 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Manu De Rycker, University of Dundee

Host: ICB

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 7 June 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Simone Reber, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin

Host: Matthew Swaffer, DRP-HCB/CCBIO

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 21 June 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Thibaut Brunet, Institut Pasteur, France

Host: ICB

Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Monday 28 June 2027

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Building's, Edinburgh

Speaker: Seth Rubin, University of California, USA

Host: ICB

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